I have stayed away from tanking in FF14 after 10 years of it in FFXI, but as a relic+dl bard, and a garuda+dl monk some tanks are just... eh.

In AK on Bard, I will pull the Succubi, I can silence or outrun their casts, and getting them off the field is a major priority, not that pack of trash.

Same for Dula's on the 3rd floor. My range exceeds yours, lets use that to our advantage.

I had one warrior in a DF group last night, wait until the start of the 3rd floor to bitch about the wife and I over dps-ing (She is relic+dl BLM).
I made no complaints about his lv49 aetherial weapon, or AF gear. But of course he would have difficulties holding hate.
The biggest joke of his rant was complaining about burning all his tp to hold off of us, and I should know to do tp song.

I've done AK dozens of times and never had a tank request tp, even on FC/LS runs where we are less that polite with each other about our needs.

I kindly explained I would be glad to TP song for him, he just needed to tell me he was getting low.

His reply?

"Duh idiot, its right there next to my hp, I see it on my screen"